Oud Wood
Oud Wood announces itself through a smoky, resinous haze—Brazilian rosewood and cardamom tempering the dense, medicinal quality often found in oud-forward compositions.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 9 accords.
Every perfume in Sillage is represented as a distribution across canonical accord slugs — a lingua franca for scent. Two fragrances with overlapping fingerprints are scent-twins, even if they share no literal note.
- Oud85
- Sandalwood75
- Vetiver55
- Tonka50
- Amber50
By the editors · 2 min readOud Wood announces itself through a smoky, resinous haze—Brazilian rosewood and cardamom tempering the dense, medicinal quality often found in oud-forward compositions. Tom Ford's 2007 creation doesn't pursue authenticity so much as accessibility, rendering what could be an austere material into something approachable for Western tastes. The oud here reads as backdrop rather than monument.
As it settles, sandalwood and vetiver provide structural support while tonka and amber round the edges into something almost creamy. The spices fade quickly, leaving a polished, woody skin scent that stays close. It's oud for the office, for evening conversations, for anyone curious about the note without committing to its more challenging iterations. Restrained in projection, deliberate in its refinement—a gateway fragrance that introduced countless wearers to a material they might otherwise have avoided.
